Believe it or not: On the possibility of suspending belief

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 566-571

  Hasson, Uri ^a   Simmons, Joseph P ^b   Todorov, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; REVIEW; VISION;

ADULT; COGNITION; CULTURE; HUMANS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 23944471613     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01576.x     Document Type: Review

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